Simonides the Poet - Intertextuality and Reception

Groundbreaking study of the poet Simonides, approaching his work through intertextual readings of the fragments and his ancient reception.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Simonides and the Poets of the Past: 1. Epic traditions in lyric songs; 2. The 'new Simonides': Homeric and Elegiac transformations; Part II. Simonidea: Simonides Through Ancient Receptions: 3. Pindar, Simonides and money: Pindar's Isthmian 2; 4. Simonides and wealth: a critical description of the tradition; 5. From stories to songs: Simonides κίμβιξ in the fragments; 6. Simonides, history and κλέος: Theocritus' Charites or Hieron. Conclusion.

About the author

Richard Rawles is Lecturer in Greek at the University of Edinburgh, and has previously taught at the University of St Andrews, University College London and the University of Nottingham. With Peter Agócs and Chris Carey he has co-edited two volumes on epinician poetry, and his other publications include articles on Aeschylus, Simonides, Sappho and Theocritus.

Summary

The first study in English for a generation of the ancient Greek poet Simonides, approaching his work both through intertextual readings and through his ancient reception. In antiquity Simonides was as famous as his contemporaries Aeschylus and Pindar, and the book will be important for all scholars of Greek poetry.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Rawles, Richard (University of Edinburgh) Rawles, Rawles Richard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781107141704
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14170-4
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient World, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation